Model Boat Mayhem

Mess Deck: General Section => Model Boating => Topic started by: regiment on September 13, 2015, 10:49:16 am

Title: Batteries
Post by: regiment on September 13, 2015, 10:49:16 am

Hello all having trouble with my three wheel mobility scooter    problem last week went to the lake  on the way back it started to go slow  got home ok the same again this week at the same spot  got home lifted the wheels off the ground went ok tried it by the slope side of the house did not want to go are the batteries us     thanks Gordon

Title: Re: battries
Post by: Seaspray on September 13, 2015, 11:49:51 am

Gordon

Best to have a scooter mechanic look at it. If it is on a mobility contract  inspection and fix would be free.

Does sound like batteries or a connection to them. Do they get hot ?

Title: Re: battries
Post by: regiment on September 13, 2015, 01:04:11 pm

hi no battries keep cold  lifted scooter off ground could stop one wheel but not both     gordon

Title: Re: battries
Post by: Seaspray on September 13, 2015, 01:31:07 pm

Wait an see if anybody  has any ideas.

back in my day if you could stop one wheel but not stop the two wheels meant the diff was working o.k and I don't know if these scooter have diffs but I doubt it.

Title: Re: battries
Post by: regiment on September 13, 2015, 01:37:12 pm

hi their is a  motor to each wheel nothing gets hot told to flatten battries  then charge gordon

Title: Re: battries
Post by: Seaspray on September 13, 2015, 02:06:01 pm

Try the recharge make sure your battery gauge is registering  empty red light  when discharged then full or green light on when  fully charge.


Right of to the pond to see the boats good luck

Title: Re: battries
Post by: Netleyned on September 13, 2015, 04:55:43 pm

If you can stop a motor by hand it would seem the
speed controller for that motor is supplying a very
weak input to the motor.
If the motors are designed to run at the same speed
and not used for steering as it is a three wheeler
and steering is by front wheel, then another check
on the motor drive after the battery has been run
down/discharged and then charged fully allows you to stop
One drive wheel by hand it would point to a fault
other than duff batteries, unless you have a battery
for each wheel motor in which case it could be a faulty
battery.


Ned

Title: Re: battries
Post by: Seaspray on September 13, 2015, 05:49:06 pm

Hopefully that being the case a battery swap over would show this fault.  If it was an easy job for Gordon to do

Title: Re: Batteries
Post by: regiment on September 21, 2015, 05:09:59 pm

good after noon all got to be polite now discharged both batteries  then fully charged them got to the lake and back kept it on middle speed will try again on sunday bit of advice from mayhem members could have solved the problem   thanks to all    Gordon